Bali BY visited by 154,000 foreign tourists in January

Bali, the island has received 154,000 foreign tourists in January 2008, an increase of 29.88 percent from 107,800 in January 2007.

On average, Bali is visited by nearly 5135 foreign tourists each day, an improvement over the days before the bombings of 2002 and 2005," head of the province of Bali Tourism Service I Gede Nurjaya said here on Friday .

Bali would maintain and even improve its international image, he said.

The picture has several aspects, namely security, comfort, cleanliness and good service, said Nurjaya.

The Bali administration has set a goal of attracting 1.9 million foreign tourists in 2008. In 2007, tourist island received a total of 1664047 foreign visitors.

Bali was also in the planning stages of tourism various manifestations of support for the Year 2008 visit Indonesia.